2022 Regional Transportation PlanBicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee - July 14, 2020

2022 Regional Transportation Plan

• Builds from VISION 2050

• Objectives:

• Make progress on existing challenges, address current and future needs of the transportation system

• Provide better data and analysis to support local investment planning (2024 comprehensive plans)

• Plan for long-term system investments to accommodate future growth

• Improve existing system, big picture thinking on future investments (aviation, rail, ferries)

Schedule

Preparatory Plan Work and Engagement

Preliminary Plan Analysis

Draft Plan and SEPA Analysis

Plan Adoption

January – Summer 2020 Fall 2020 - Summer 2021 Fall 2021 – Winter 2022 May 2022

Public Outreach

Core Foundations

Vision 2050 Transportation Goal

The region has a sustainable, equitable, affordable, safe and efficient multimodal

transportation system, with specific emphasis on an integrated regional transit network

that supports the Regional Growth Strategy and promotes vitality of the economy,

environment and health.

Regional Transportation Plan Core Elements

* Financial strategy * Climate

* Equity * Regional performance measures

* Integrated transit system * Technology / shared mobility

- Network refinements * Safety

- Access improvements

Key Planning Work

• Existing system improvements

• Expanded data collection and analysis of conditions to inform local

planning

• Corridor level mapping and analysis – assets and conditions

• Maintenance and preservation needs

• Multimodal access to transit

TitleData Collection Efforts

• Inventory of freight assets

• Bicycle and pedestrian facilities,

counts, and policies/regulations

• Regional ITS inventory

• TDM programs inventory

• Assessment of special needs providers

and programs

• Technology / shared mobility trends and

forecasts

In concert with existing and planned system conditions --

• Transit routes and stops, congestion, demographic and opportunity data, etc.

TitleVision 2050 Active Transportation MPPs

• Prioritize investments in transportation facilities and services in the urban growth area that

support compact, pedestrian- and transit-oriented densities and development. (T-15)

• Improve local street patterns – including their design and how they are used – for walking,

bicycling, and transit use to enhance communities, connectivity, and physical activity. (T-16)

• Promote and incorporate bicycle and pedestrian travel as important modes of transportation

by providing facilities and navigable connections. (T-17)

• Additional MPPs for promoting transportation system goals related to safety, human health,

efficiency, environmental impacts, and alternatives to single occupancy vehicle travel.

TitleKey Issues for Active Transportation Planning

• What are the main issues that the RTP

should address for walking and bicycling?

• What are some of the emerging issues

since the previous plan update in 2018?

• How can RTP encourage access to transit

by walking and bicycling?

TitleKey Issues for Active Transportation Facilities

• How should the 2018 Bicycle and

Pedestrian Facility Typology be updated?

• How should the 2018 Regional Bicycle

Network be updated?

• How can the RTP better address planned

pedestrian facilities that enable regional

travel?

• Emphasis on planned and existing

pedestrian facilities in Regional Growth

Centers and High Capacity Transit

communities

• What are criteria for inclusion of shared use

paths in the facility inventory?

Title2018 RTP Implementation Actions - Walking & Biking

• Address key barriers to walking/biking.

• Promote completion of networks and connections to destinations.

• Support data collection efforts.

• Focus on and share best practices in planning, design, and

implementation.

• Communicate benefits of Active Transportation.

Title2018 RTP Regional Outcomes – Walking & Biking

Outcome Key Performance Measure

Provide transportation Choices 54% more people in the region will be able to

walk 10 minutes or less to get on a bus that

runs at least every 15 minutes.

Promote Health Share of people walking and biking for

transportation increases by approximately 48%

to more than 1.6 million daily.

Provide a Safe and Secure

transportation system

The plan supports Washington State’s Target

Zero plan, which calls for zero fatalities and

serious injuries by 2030

Next Steps

• Working on visualization tools for state of the system

• Regional and local scale views, key policy areas

• Continued feedback from TPB on focus areas

• Peer networking sessions for initial feedback

• Access to transit, February 2020

• Safety, July 2020

• Reviewing financial strategy

Thank you.

Sarah Gutschowsgutschow@psrc.org